On December 8-9, 2021, the All-Russian Scientific Conference "Problems of the History of Africa and Russian-African relations. On the 50th anniversary of the Center for African Studies". The online event was held by the Center for African Studies of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Center for History and Cultural Anthropology members took an active part in the work of the panels. Presentations were made by: V.V. Gribanova ("Toward the Question of the Spread of Islam in South Africa"), N.E. Khokholkova ("Postcolonial Approach in African Studies: Approval and Criticism"), and V.G. Shubin ("Now Let's Talk About Trash": On Collaborators in the ANC").